Tom Stoppard Quote

If there is any point in using language at all it is that a word is taken to stand for a particular fact or idea and not for other facts or ideas.


Travesties, Act I (p. 22), Grove Press, Inc. 1975


If there is any point in using language at all it is that a word is taken to stand for a particular fact or idea and not for other facts or ideas.

If there is any point in using language at all it is that a word is taken to stand for a particular fact or idea and not for other facts or ideas.

If there is any point in using language at all it is that a word is taken to stand for a particular fact or idea and not for other facts or ideas.

If there is any point in using language at all it is that a word is taken to stand for a particular fact or idea and not for other facts or ideas.